On Jan 2, 2009, at 7:13 PM, ProGearDeal wrote:
> > Try turn on the system > Power up the drive then connect the firewire cable. > Since I'm not certain of the 'robustness' of the Firewire interface in the first place, I don't think I like the idea of 'Hot Plugging' the FW cable. Just my foible. Besides, doing as you suggest completely defeats the 'Master Power Switch' [for EVERYTHING but the room lights. Both HOT & Neutral switched, Ground does go through to plugs.] Chuck D. > On Jan 2, 9:09 am, Charles Davis <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Jan 2, 2009, at 5:15 AM, Christopher Icha wrote: >> >> >> >>> Hi >> >>> I have a G4 MDD's and a MacBook running OS10.4, which I use to share >>> an Iomega 500g external FW drive between. The Iomega drive mounts up >>> no problem on either desktop when I use the respective firewire >>> ports >>> on either machine. However, I've just taken possession of a 2nd G4 >>> MDD running the same OS. For some strange reason, the FW drive >>> refuses to mount on the desktop of this new machine. The drive shows >>> up in the system profile, but it won't mount on the desktop. >>> The OS >>> is updated to 10.4.11 on all machines. Any ideas peeps? >> >> Is the firmware (boot Rom ver. up to date?) [About this Mac/ More >> info/ near the bottom of the 'Hardware Overview' check against >> Mactracker info.] >> >> I have several MDDs, and external Firewire drives sometimes take a >> while to show up on the desktop. >> >> Chuck D. > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
